During the past six years, Savannah Steele has gone through more hardships than most people go through in a lifetime. She's been in and out of hospitals, endured more than 60 hours of surgeries and suffered through constant medical setbacks.

When Kershaw County School District (KCSD) Superintendent Dr. Frank Morgan asked North Central High School (NCHS) Principal Worth Thomasson if he knew of any former Bethune High School teachers, Thomasson didn't really think anything out of the ordinary.

If you would have asked me 10 years ago if I felt older or younger than I was at the time, I would have definitely said that I felt older. I mean, really, what 15-year-old doesn't think that she or he knows everything?

The licensed practical nursing (LPN) program at the Kershaw County School District's (KCSD) Applied Technical Education Campus (ATEC) will close its doors in favor of Central Carolina Technical College (CCTC) offering first-year LPN classes at the east Camden campus.